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Photo: Bill Noesges Local drummer Derek Dugger passed away Thursday afternoon from complications of a brain tumor. He was 47. Dugger played in numerous local bands over the past three decades, including Fear of Rejection, The Poison Okies , Jimmy Dale and the Diamondback Trio, Brian Dunning & the Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio , and The R.I.P. Tides . He also filled in on drums for national acts like Mack Stevens , Wanda Jackson and Big Al Downing . The [...]